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APRIL 9-11, 2015 » LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM » KNOXVILLE, TENN. Tennessee
VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION
Missouri
TIGERS STARTING ROTATION
2015 Record: 14-14, 4-8 SEC THURSDAY-9 FRIDAY-10 Head Coach: Dave Serrano Fourth year at UT (380-237-1) SATURDAY-11
2015 Record: 22-11, 8-4 SEC Head Coach: Tim Jamieson 21st year at MU (664-517-2)
THURSDAY-9 FRIDAY-10 SATURDAY-11
AT FIRST GLANCE
LHP Andy Cox (Jr., 0-1, 2.96) RHP Bret Marks (Sr., 4-3, 2.45) LHP Drake Owenby (Jr., 2-3, 3.12)
RHP John Miles (Sr., 1-1, 2.88) RHP Reggie McClain (Jr., 4-3, 2.83) RHP Tanner Houck (Fr., 5-1, 2.70)
Weather Forecast
TENNESSEE vs. MISSOURI
¢ The Tennessee Volunteers (14-14, 4-8 SEC) return home from a seven-game road stretch and begin a three-game SEC series on Thursday, April 9 at 7 p.m. ET, taking on the #23-ranked Missouri Tigers (22-1, 8-4 SEC) at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on SEC Network. ¢ Tennessee is 4-2 in their six overall matchups against Mizzou since 2013. Tennessee has taken two-of-three games in each of their series, most recent from March 14-16, 2014 in Columbia, Missouri. ¢ The Vols last played Missouri in Knoxville on March 22-23, 2013, taking two-of-three games. ¢ Each of Tennessee’s prior three-game series against the Tigers has included a doubleheader (2013 and 2014). ¢ Entering the weekend series, Missouri is ranked No. 23 on the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, marking the third Top-25 ranked SEC opponent for the Vols this season (also, Florida at No. 3 and Vanderbilt at No. 3).
Series Breakdown
Overall: UT leads, 20-7 Record in Cullowhee: UT leads, 4-2 SIX ALL-TIME MEETINGS 3/15/14 Columbia 3/15/15 Columbia 3/14/14 Columbia 3/23/13 Knoxville 3/23/13 Knoxville 3/22/13 Knoxville
W, 4-1 W, 5-1 L, 5-2 L, 14-6 W, 7-6 W, 4-0
Thursday Friday Saturday
Partly Cloudy 86° | 66°
Cloudy 70° | 48°
Partly Cloudy 73° | 47°
BROADCAST INFORMATION Broadcast: SEC Network (Chris Burke & Mike Morgan) Live Audio: UTSports.com/WNML FM 99.1 Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VolBaseball Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Vol_Baseball runs, six runs scored and a team-leading 10 RBI over four games last week. ¢ The Georgia native recorded 18 total bases during Tennessee’s road trip visiting Arkansas State (April 1) and Ole Miss (April 3-5), while he also led UT’s squad with a 1.286 slugging percentage and .632 on-base percentage. ¢ With the recognition, Stewart is now the second Volunteer to receive weekly league accolades this season. Right-handed pitcher Bret Marks was named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 16, after dealing 8.0-plus innings of one-hit baseball in the Vols’ Friday night opener of SEC play visiting the then-No. 3 ranked Florida Gators.
UT PICKED 4TH IN SEC EAST
STEWART: PLAYER OF THE WEEK
¢ Tennessee junior outfielder Christin Stewart was named Hitter of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) as well as SEC Player of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday. ¢ Stewart brings in the weekly league honors for the first time in his collegiate career with the Vols, after hitting .500 (7-for-14) with one triple, three home
The Tennessee Volunteers were predeicted to finish fourth in the SEC Eastern Division, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches. Tennessee, which has won six total SEC championships (3 regular season, 3 tournament), received 51 points. With 11 first-place votes, the Vanderbilt Commodores were predicted to win the 2015 title. Florida (2) and LSU (1) also received first-place votes.
PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes (Career) C 22 David Houser 1B 24 Andrew Lee 2B 13 Nick Senzel 3B 36 Jared Pruett SS 10 A.J. Simcox LF 20 Christin Stewart RF 5 Chris Hall CF 17 Derek Lance DH 15 Nathaniel Maggio
Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So.
.223 .236 .332 .417 .276 .322 .122 .213 .240
0 4 2 0 1 17 0 2 3
28 25 54 2 54 96 1 21 27
Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage over 34 games in 2014 Contributes on both sides, also as an RHP (5-4, 3.50) Earned Freshman All-SEC and All-American honors Has recorded two multi-hit games since debut on 3/29 Hit his first career HR on 3/13/15, after 115 games at UT Led UT with .330 avg. & five HR in 54 starts in 2014 Led Cumberland Univ. to an NAIA Nat. Champ. in 2014 Knoxville native splits time at infield & outfield positions Knocked his first career HR in a 6-3 win over UF in 2015
2015 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
TENNESSEE (14-14) vs. #23 MISSOURI (22-11)
OVERALL RECORD:
14-14
SEC 4-8 NON-CONFERENCE 10-6 HOME 5-5 AWAY 8-9 NEUTRAL 1-0
THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 2/13 at FIU L, 4-3 2/14 at FIU W, 9-2 2/15 at FIU L, 3-0 2/18 vs. Tennessee Tech Postponed 2/20 at Lipscomb (Emerson, Ga.) W, 6-0 2/20 vs. Rutgers Cancelled 2/21 vs. Rutgers (DH) Cancelled 2/22 vs. Rutgers Cancelled 2/24 vs. Lipscomb Cancelled 2/25 at Belmont W. 4-1 2/27 at UC Irvine L, 5-2 2/27 at UC Irvine (DH) L, 2-1 2/28 at UC Irvine W, 12-10 3/3 vs. MTSU Cancelled 3/4 vs. Morehead State Postponed 3/6 vs. Grand Canyon W, 4-1 3/7 vs. Grand Canyon L, 1-0 3/8 vs. Grand Canyon W, 7-1 3/10 vs. ETSU W, 5-2 3/11 vs. Morehead State L, 11-8 3/13 at Florida * W, 6-3 3/14 at Florida * L, 8-3 3/15 at Florida * L, 9-4 3/17 vs. Austin Peay W, 3-0 3/20 vs. Georgia * L, 2-1 3/21 vs. Georgia * L, 12-7 3/22 vs. Georgia * L, 10-4 3/25 vs. Cincinnati W, 7-0 3/27 at Vanderbilt * L, 9-0 3/28 at Vanderbilt * W, 9-5 3/29 at Vanderbilt * L, 14-3 4/1 at Arkansas State W, 7-4 4/3 at Ole Miss * L, 10-7 4/4 at Ole Miss * W, 6-3 4/5 at Ole Miss * W, 4-2 4/7 at Western Carolina Cancelled 4/9 vs. Missouri * 7 p.m. ET 4/10 vs. Missouri * 7 p.m. ET 4/11 vs. Missouri * 12 p.m. ET 4/14 at MTSU 7 p.m. ET 4/16 at Kentucky * 7 p.m. ET 4/17 at Kentucky * 6:30 p.m. ET 4/18 at Kentucky * 12 p.m. ET 4/21 at ETSU 6:05 p.m. ET 4/24 vs. South Carolina * 6 p.m. ET 4/25 vs. South Carolina * 4 p.m. ET 4/26 vs. South Carolina * 1 p.m. ET 4/29 vs. Xavier 6 p.m. ET 5/1 vs. Texas A&M * 6 p.m. ET 5/2 vs. Texas A&M * 7 p.m. ET 5/3 vs. Texas A&M * 2 p.m. ET 5/6 vs. Belmont 6 p.m. ET 5/8 at Arkansas * 7:35 p.m. ET 5/9 at Arkansas * 7:05 p.m. ET 5/10 at Arkansas * 2:05 p.m. ET 5/12 vs. UNC Asheville 6 p.m. ET 5/14 vs. Mississippi State * 6 p.m. ET 5/15 vs. Mississippi State * 6 p.m. ET 5/16 vs. Mississippi State * 1 p.m. ET * DENOTES SEC CONTEST